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Detroit Lions' Ndamukong Suh open to contract extension talks, just wants to win

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Ndamukong Suh said Thursday that he's open to anything and everything when it comes to contract talks with the Detroit Lions - as long as it allows them to win.
(Gillian Van Stratt | gvanstratt@mlive.com)

MADISON HEIGHTS -- Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford called his teammate Ndamukong Suh the day he signed his lucrative three-year, $53 million extension.

What he said to him was private, but with Suh up next in the Detroit Lions contract extension cue, one can assume there were words of advice.

"It's a great, great contract. I'm very happy for him," Suh said Thursday during his YMCA youth football camp at Madison High School. "I spoke with him that day. He's elated. He said a couple comments to me that I'll keep between us, but he defiintely wants to see the same thing reciprocated (my way). I'm excited, but I got two years left and I'm looking forward to the season and taking care of business is the most important."

While Suh's contract keeps the 26-year-old Pro Bowler signed through the 2015 season, his cap hit will be $21.4 million in 2014. And when pressed for more on the matter, Suh divulged that his intentions will be to help the team.

"I think my track record has kind of proven that," Suh said. "Especially with the restructures and things I've done in the past. I'm not opposed to anything. I'm open to pretty much all situations, all opportunities, especially if it's allowing us to get the wins."

He and the Lions have plenty of time to think about it. While a contract extension could benefit the franchise and free up cap space, the immediate focus for all those involved is not on negotiation.

"My focus this year is just on winning," Suh said. "It's doesn't mean anything if you're the best player in the world, whatever it is, if you're not winning games and you're not winning as a team. That's just a compliment that someone can give you, it's an opinion that someone can give you that you're the best, it's doesn't translate into wins."